Only five arrests following large Cinco de Mayo gatherings

DURHAM — Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Durham wound down relatively quietly Monday night, with only five arrests being made throughout the holiday.

According to Durham Deputy Police Chief Rene Kelley, there were three arrests for unlawful alcohol possession and one for an open container. Around 9 p.m. an arrest was made for driving while intoxicated.

The town and UNH police departments, as well as other area law enforcement agencies, spent the day dispersing crowds of hundreds of students that formed on the sidewalks and in front of off-campus houses, warning those who wouldn’t disband that they would be subject to arrest.